Photo Safety
2010
Photo Radar Disappointment
It seems every time you look over your shoulder another photo radar camera is being installed. These cameras are triggered by sensors in the camera that take a picture when a violation occurs. There are two types of speeders. The first, speeding will occur regardless of photo radar, in fact, accidents increase near highway photo radar vans because speeders are slamming on there breaks. The second, at some point everyone losses focus and speeds up a little, these are the people receiving these tickets, invasion of privacy, strictly for revenue.
Being ticketed by a camera instead of an actual traffic cop is becoming more regular as politicians around the country turn to photo radar and red light cameras as all day, 24-7 enforcers of the law. Unlike a human cop, you can’t reason with a camera or expect it to cut you some slack. Instead, you’ll simply be slapped with paying green, whether you deserved it or not.
Despite the claims of companies that sell ticket cameras and provide related services, there is no independent verification that photo enforcement devices improve highway safety or reduce accidents. Photo enforcement is the use of a camera to capture a driver speeding or running a red light. The use of photo radar cameras and red light cameras has skyrocketed since its initiation to our country through Arizona in 1999. Originally these cameras were thought to increase safety as well as city and county revenue. Since large corporations like Redflex get a huge cut of tickets, they have politicians eating out of their palm. Several cities have falsified reports claiming a decline in accidents because of photo radar. While that is obviously the immoral thing do, the photo cameras aren’t necessarily the cause of this alleged decline in accidents. Every time I approach a speed camera I am greeted with a flurry of brake lights. To me I can’t see how this makes roads safer, if anything I contend that photo radar is not just an inconvenience, but a safety hazard for the citizens our legislature is there to protect. Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas recently announced that the Arizona government does not plan to prosecute citizens caught speeding in excess of 100mph. If you are pulled over by an officer for breaking any state’s “extreme speeding” law, odds are your car is getting towed and you will have to wait at the big house for a friend to come bail you out. The idea behind this, of course is that the person will learn their lesson and stop speeding, effectively making the roads safer. By announcing that 100mph is the threshold for actively pursuing law breakers, they are basically condoning excessive speeds. All things considered, it is clear that the government was hoping to turn big profits at the expense of the citizens, not protect them like they should be doing.
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